Set in the 1980's, this production had some crazy costumes plus some crafty items. We built the dancing roulette wheel from coroplast and this was my first time using this interesting product. We also wanted a low budget, low tech version of the dog heads for the nightmare scene. We created dog head hats which were built out of "fun foam" in bright colors with buckram eyes that allowed us to put finger lights in to glow.

A tabloid similar to the Weekly World News provides the backdrop for this play which requires both an alligator head which can be worn by a performer performing multiple tasks onstage and angel wings which can be hidden under a suit coat and then revealed in their full glory onstage. Oh and the alligator head has to come off onstage as well. And did I mention the power outage that summer that knocked out power to the entire state of West Virginia just as we were beginning tech for this show? Luckily, it is a sweet and funny show that was worth the effort.

Completely Hollywood -- Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Summer 2011

Directed by John BriggsLighting Design by E. Tonry LathroumPhotos by Gary Cooper

This play had many opportunities for fun costume pieces with everything from Jane Austen's heroines as Charlie's Angels to aging superheroes to a Yoda puppet in a version of The Wizard of Oz. And much, much cross dressing!

A fun spoof on Gone With the Wind, this script calls for the same actor to play the take off on "Mammy" as plays the take off on "Rhett Butler", so there is a great deal of quick changing involving a female fat suit. I did love the fact that this show allowed me to channel Bob Macke in order to create my own version of his famous "Went With the Wind" curtain dress.